How does an heirloom, a pair of boots, an old hat become a vessel? Where in the body does a memory reside? How do we internalize the natural elements of land and sea—stone and water? 

In this workshop we will write poems, or prose, or play in hybrid forms—as we consider the power we invest in the tangible world. Writers of all levels of experience are welcome. 

Teaching artist and poet, Laren McClung is author of Between Here and Monkey Mountain (Sheep Meadow Press) and editor of the anthology Inheriting the War: Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees (W.W. Norton). She teaches at New York University.